[kictanet] Just a thought

[David Otwoma]

Daktari,

Very bright and the future of things to come.

When serving a stint in Austria I noticed the whole of Vienna was
wired -traffic lights, fly-overs as concerns roads; tram and train
stations, all government buildings including major private investments
like banks, supermarkets etc. Once after the opening for the Eastern
Europeans a robbery with violence was committed in a jewelery store
resulting in cold blooded murder of the attendant as the robbers took
away money and jewelry. In less than 72 hours all the robbers had been
nabbed and sentenced as per the Austrian laws.

So when we will have linked surveillance system there will be no need
to ban night travel which afflicts distant, read Western, Coast and
North Eastern, travellers when a more intelligent system may be
deployed. And less of you did...no you did exchanges in the absence of
witnesses. And no need to ask leaders to reconcile when they misbehave
in public as our city Governor and Women representative have done.

David

On 1/4/14, Bitange Ndemo <bitange at jambo.co.ke> wrote:
> Yesterday morning as I drove to the city, my trip was disrupted by a woman
> driving ahead of me.  She was most likely driving a stick shift Toyota
> when at Muthaiga Market (has a small hill as you join on to Parklands) her
> car slowly sled backwards resting on the front of my VW bug.  She realized
> her mistake too late but when she came out, she said to me "Mheshimiwa
> umenigonga kutoka nyuma" (Honorable you just hit me from behind).  I just
> had to smile as I opened my door.  The vehicles behind us sped off.  I
> knew I had no witness.
>
> Her car had minor damage and as she prepared to call the police, I
> encouraged her to do it quick since this is a simple matter.  She then
> says to me "a simple matter".  I said yes.  What do you mean she retorted.
>  It is simple because my car is digital, I said.  Digital! what do exactly
> mean she says.  My car has digital cameras all round and when the police
> arrive, I just will show them exactly what went on.  She stops making her
> call and started to look at my car carefully.  This time I tell her that I
> am calling the police.  She then turns to me as says "this digital
> business is not good, can we just agree that we just cover our costs".  I
> said no.  This is the very reason why I mounted a digicam on my car.
>
> She starts to plead with me.  She offers to cover my cost.  I said no but
> asked her to put it in writing that she was on the wrong.
>
> Lesson 1:  Technology will help us correct our values.
> Lesson 2: If all our PSV vehicles are mounted with cameras, we shall
> gather good data to hep us deal with road carnage
> Lesson 3:  There are other benefits that will accrue if car manufacturers
> were to in-build cameras just like mobile phones.
>
>
> Ndemo.
>
>
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